Do you know what your nursing home is rated?

Medicare's Nursing Home Compare tool is an excellent online resource to learn more about nursing homes in your area and help you decide which one is right for you or your loved one. The site provides quality of care and staffing information for more than 15,000 nursing homes across the country. You can even read detailed reports of the most recent inspection surveys for each facility. Simply search for the facility you are interested in and click on the Health inspections tab. There you will find a link called, "View all health inspections, complaint, and facility-reported issue details" as well as "View full report" where you can read more about what deficiencies inspectors may have found.

Skyline Healthcare facilities fall into receivership in NB and KS

Wilkes & McHugh attorney Bill Murray spoke with The Philadelphia Inquirer about the nursing home chain Skyline. The company acquired more than 100 nursing homes across the country in just two short years. In March, state officials in Nebraska and Kansas had to take over control of the chain's facilities when the company announced it could not make payroll there. The Philadelphia Inquirer investigated what kind of scrutiny the Pennsylvania Department of Health applied to Skyline and its owner, Joseph Schwartz, before allowing the company to take over management of 10 facilities there. The answer was, not much.

A Lancaster County jury reached a unanimous verdict on May 3, 2018, in a case where a woman was sexually assaulted in a nursing home. The jury awarded $7.5 million in compensatory damages, but the parties reached a settlement before the punitive damages portion of the trial could begin. W&M attorneys Lorraine Donnelly, Matt Stone and Carl Wilander represented the family at the trial. Our firm was honored to help the Brace family find justice.